Scar-Free Surgery
Many surgeons are today opting for scar free surgery or the natural-opening approach which has vastly reduced pain and recovery time.
The standard procedure to remove a tumour in the brain would be to cut open the face but this would leave an ugly scar. Today much of the tumour can be removed through the nose.
This technique is not confined only to to the removal of a brain tumour. There are varied cases where surgeons decide on this approach i.e.
the removal of a woman's gall bladder through the vagina in New York, appendectomies through the mouth in India,
Researchers are exploring new ways to do surgery using slender instruments through the body's natural openings, avoiding cutting through the skin and muscle.A video camera lens at the site of the surgery guides doctors who watch their progress on video screens as they manipulate the surgical instruments.
With the natural-opening approach even the punctures of laparoscopic surgery which substituted long incisions with three or four holes - 0.5cm to 1.27cm wide - can be done away with.
Sometimes one natural body opening is preferred to the other because it causes less inconvenience to the patient.
With natural opening surgeries patients can probably return to work the next day. There is less chance of tissues getting damaged; less pain; no visible scars.vastly reduced recovery time.
"This is the dawn of this phase of neurosurgery," said Rosseau, a spokesperson for the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.
She says this new approach is exciting and new and may well be better for patients. She also adds that cancers can come back if they're not completely removed and the risk of meningitis from spinal fluid leakage exists.
Dr David Rattner of Massachusetts General Hospital said new tools must be developed to perform this kind of surgery.He stated that it has not been proved yet that people recover faster from such procedures.
Questions and barriers remain but the possibilities are endless.
Scar -Free Surgery
The standard procedure to remove a tumour in the brain would be to cut open the face but this would leave an ugly scar. Today much of the tumour can be removed through the nose.
This technique is not confined only to to the removal of a brain tumour. There are varied cases where surgeons decide on this approach i.e.
the removal of a woman's gall bladder through the vagina in New York, appendectomies through the mouth in India,
Researchers are exploring new ways to do surgery using slender instruments through the body's natural openings, avoiding cutting through the skin and muscle.A video camera lens at the site of the surgery guides doctors who watch their progress on video screens as they manipulate the surgical instruments.
With the natural-opening approach even the punctures of laparoscopic surgery which substituted long incisions with three or four holes - 0.5cm to 1.27cm wide - can be done away with.
Sometimes one natural body opening is preferred to the other because it causes less inconvenience to the patient.
With natural opening surgeries patients can probably return to work the next day. There is less chance of tissues getting damaged; less pain; no visible scars.vastly reduced recovery time.
"This is the dawn of this phase of neurosurgery," said Rosseau, a spokesperson for the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.
She says this new approach is exciting and new and may well be better for patients. She also adds that cancers can come back if they're not completely removed and the risk of meningitis from spinal fluid leakage exists.
Dr David Rattner of Massachusetts General Hospital said new tools must be developed to perform this kind of surgery.He stated that it has not been proved yet that people recover faster from such procedures.
Questions and barriers remain but the possibilities are endless.
Scar -Free Surgery
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